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May 4, 2013

WARREN - State Sen. Capri Cafaro, D-Hubbard, and state Rep. Sean O'Brien, D-Brookfield, will speak at the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board's annual legislative breakfast on May 17.

The discussion is expected to include Medicaid expansion, opiate overdose deaths in Trumbull County, homelessness, housing and funding for mental health services.

MVSD directors to meet on negotiations

WARREN - The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District Board of Directors will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Monday in the assembly room at the district's office.

The directors will hold an executive session to prepare for and to review negotiations or bargaining sessions with employees on compensation.

Jewelry heist part of 3-state theft ring

SALEM - An early morning burglary at Downtown Gems & Jewels last October was apparently part of a multi-state theft ring involving two Canton men recently named in an eight-count federal indictment.

Detective Dave Talbert of the Salem Police Department said he received notification Thursday about the indictment against Nicholas Moore, 23, and Arsenio Smith, 25, who are charged with conspiracy, transportation of stolen goods, and sale or receipt of stolen goods across state lines.

According to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Ohio, the two men allegedly stole coins, jewelry and silver bars from businesses in multiple jurisdictions, including Salem, and then sold the stolen goods in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois.

In the case of Downtown Gems & Jewels on East State Street, Talbert said $27,000 worth of coins and jewelry were stolen.